Prime Minister of Britain

2022 - 10 - 25

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Former finance minister Rishi Sunak is frontrunner in Britain's prime ... (USA TODAY)

Britain is selecting its fifth prime minister in six years. Four British leaders have resigned since the 2016 vote to leave the European Union.

11 Downing Street – the office and home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer – when finance minister was one of the proudest moments of his career. Truss was the fourth British prime minister to resign since the country's 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Sunak is a former banker and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer – finance minister – in Boris Johnson's government. [Johnson pulled out of the contest to replace Truss](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/10/23/boris-johnson-uk-prime-minister/10584721002/) late Sunday, after signaling for several days that he was mounting a dramatic return to Downing Street after his own resignation in July. He is Britain's first Hindu prime minister, and the country's first leader of color. British voters elect a party, not a specific leader, meaning the ruling party has latitude to change a prime minister without calling an election.

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Rishi Sunak to give first speech as prime minister after Liz Truss ... (The Washington Post)

Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister and hedge-fund manager, comes to office with some of the harshest economic headwinds Britain has faced in a ...

He called for “stability and unity” — the opposite of the tumult and divisions that characterized Truss’s tenure. Labour Party lawmaker Angela Rayner decried Sunak’s accession as a coronation and that the Tories could not “keep doling out prime ministers every month.” Labour leader He will also seek to unite his warring and unpopular Conservative Party, which, he warned, must “unite or die.” She closed with: “We continue to battle through a storm but I believe in Britain, I believe in the British people and I know that brighter days lie ahead.” The contest to replace Truss was wrapped up surprisingly fast — it was less than a week ago that she resigned. Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith, a former leader of the Conservative Party, told LBC radio that Johnson found himself “struggling and begging people for votes. Then she was driven by motorcade to Buckingham Palace, and she resigned in person to the new king, Charles III. The incoming prime minister Sunak followed — and Charles asked him to form a new government. As the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, ‘it is not that things are difficult that we do not dare, it’s because we do not dare, that it is difficult.’ ” She stumbled somewhat over Seneca’s name. “It means lower taxes so people can keep more of the money they earn. “We need to take advantage of our Brexit freedoms to do things differently. “From my time as prime minister, I am more convinced than ever that we need to be bold and confront the challenges we face.

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Rishi Sunak's ascent to British prime minister stirs celebrations ... (NPR)

People across India are celebrating Rishi Sunak, who has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage, becoming the newest British prime minister.

She has since resigned ( [over another matter](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63320750)), and Indian authorities [say](https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-counters-uk-home-secretary-suella-braverman-claim-on-visa-overstayers-11665131254204.html) they're working with British authorities to "facilitate the return of Indian citizens who have overstayed their visa period." tax on all of her income](https://www.ft.com/content/ed018eb2-3955-4134-a2b0-8dcf727651bd), amid allegations she had taken advantage of a loophole to minimize how much she pays.) chancellor of the exchequer lighting Diwali diyas](https://twitter.com/rishisunak/status/1327553814845677573) – earthen oil lamps – on the steps of his No. [a Diwali deadline for a U.K.-Indian trade deal](https://www.reuters.com/world/britain-still-wants-free-trade-deal-with-india-by-diwali-2022-10-12/). [Video of the then-U.K. Sunak as the prime minister of the U.K. Sunak's face is [splashed across the front pages of Indian newspapers](https://twitter.com/joerwallen/status/1584774108436656129/photo/1) Tuesday, as his ancestral homeland celebrates his achievement – 75 years after Indians cast off British colonial rule. [comments earlier this month ](https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/liz-truss-sacks-suella-braverman-whose-attack-on-indian-visa-overstayers-sank-uk-hopes-of-india-trade-deal/cid/1893165)by Britain's then-home minister, Suella Braverman – who herself is of Indian descent — alleging Indians are the worst overstayers of U.K. (A stakeholder in that company, Akshata Murthy is one of Britain's richest residents, and earlier this year [said she would voluntarily start paying U.K. He's the first Hindu and first person of color to become British prime minister. [In previous interviews with Indian media](https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-rishi-sunak-115080601060_1.html), the incoming prime minister recalled how both of his grandfathers were born in Punjab, in British India, and migrated first to Africa, then to Britain in the 1960s. Special Diwali wishes to the 'living bridge' of UK Indians, as we transform our historic ties into a modern partnership.

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